Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer

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The Mercedes-Benz 300d "Adenauer" is a luxury executive sedan produced in the 1950s and early 1960s, famously used by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and known for its stately design and advanced engineering for its time.

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Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer canonical 2
Mercedes-Benz 300D 1
Mercedes-Benz 300c Adenauer 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mercedes-Benz 300
luxury executive sedan
passenger car
alsoKnownAs Konrad Adenauer
surface form: Adenauer

Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer
surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300d

W189
assemblyLocation Stuttgart
bodyStyle 4-door sedan
limousine
brand Mercedes-Benz
category historic automobile
class full-size luxury car
countryOfOrigin West Germany
designCharacteristic stately, conservative styling
displacement 3.0 L
doorType suicide rear doors
drivetrain rear-wheel drive
engineConfiguration inline-6
engineFamily M189
era post-war German luxury car
fuelType petrol
induction fuel injection
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
manufacturer Mercedes-Benz
marketPosition flagship sedan
marketSegment state limousine
modelSeries W189
namedAfter Konrad Adenauer
notableFeature air suspension on some versions
luxurious interior trim
power-assisted steering (on later models)
removable partition between driver and rear compartment
notableFor advanced engineering for its time
association with Konrad Adenauer
notableUser Konrad Adenauer
platform evolution of Mercedes-Benz 300 platform
predecessor Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300c Adenauer
productionEnd 1962
productionPeriod 1950s
1960s
productionStart 1957
seatingCapacity 5
successor Mercedes-Benz 600
usedAs official car of the Chancellor of West Germany
usedBy Federal Government of Germany
surface form: German federal government
valvetrain single overhead camshaft
wheelbase extended compared to earlier 300 models

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600 Pullman predecessor Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman
Mercedes-Benz 600 predecessor Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer
Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer alsoKnownAs Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer
this entity surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300d
Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer predecessor Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300c Adenauer
Mercedes-Benz W124 notableVariant Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer
this entity surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300D